MTV Touted Jackson 'Shocker' Before Topless Super Bowl Dance

NewsMax.com ^ | 2/01/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

CBS is claiming it had no idea that a Super Bowl half-time dance routine between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake would feature the pop diva going partially topless.

But four days before Ms. Jackson assaulted tens of millions TV viewers during the family hour with her R-rated moment, a press release by the company producing the show boasted that her dance would be "shocking."

"I don't think the Super Bowl has ever seen a performance like this," Jackson choreographer Gil Duldulao said, in a press release posted to MTV's web site on Jan. 28.

"The dancing is great. She's more stylized, she's more feminine, she's more a woman as she dances this time around. There are some shocking moments in there too."

CBS and NFL switchboards were flooded with complaints as millions of families gathered to watch what was supposed to be a wholesome family-oriented TV sports event.

But instead, a song laced with Timberlake's allusions to getting Jackson naked ended with him ripping off part of her top, exposing Jackson's tassled breast.

A statement issued by the NFL said it was unlikely that MTV would ever be allowed to produce another Super Bowl half-time show.

But despite the music network's boast that the "shocking" routine would show Jackson as "more of a woman as she dances around," CBS is calling her nudity "unexpected."

[Joe Bfstplk]

Janet is about par with the farting horse.

[RecklessConservative]

Do you expect anything less from Viacom and MTV. Just another shot fired in the culture war. The bar has been lowered again.

[mhking]

Janet is about par with the farting horse.

I actually thought the farting horse was funny!

[Texas Eagle]

Janet Jackson. What a skank. I'm glad we didn't watch the halftime show.

[Texas Eagle]

Janet is about par with the farting horse.

Amen. Equally disgraceful.

[Johnny_Cipher]

Hordes of churchladies marching on CBS with pitchforks and torches. A bad night for See BS.

[expatpat]

Disgraceful, but where are the photos?

[InvisibleChurch]

what an opportunity for W to get on the left's case about garbagebroadcasting ... he wins again

... and that's good

[applemac_g4]

...So lets all write to the FCC and the folks who are holding their leash in the White House and demand that they throw the book at CBS for this. I suspect a multi-million dollar fine would go a long way towards *ensuring* that MTV would never produce another NFL halftime show.

[KangarooJacqui]

Is there truly much further that MTV can sink, these days?

[Riley]

Janet is about par with the farting horse.

There was a farting horse? Really? How bizarre. (I never watch football)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Drudge has posted the pix.

[thegreatbeast]

It's about time that MTV be brought to the FCC woodshed. They really are the purveyors of some vile, devolving programming.

[xJones]

Just another shot fired in the culture war. The bar has been lowered again.

Right, testing the waters, see how it goes.

[basque69]

They are on Drudge.

[mylife]

www.drudgereport.com

[mindspy]

Your percentage monthly subscription payment to your cable/satellite provider is paying them. MTV needs to be exterminated.

[Bobby777]

I may be wrong, but it looked like it was choreographed and executed just as they intended it ... since I'm no fan of Justin Timberlake I wasn't paying close attention (at a friend's house) but it looked like no accident ...